It used to be called boogie-woogie, it used to be called blues, used to be called rhythm and blues…It’s called rock now.
CHUCK BERRYIt’s gotta be rock and roll music, if you wanna dance with me.
More Chuck Berry Quotes
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They’re drinkin’ home brew from a wooden cup. The folks were dancin’ there got all shook up.
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Praise doesn’t mean anything to me. I don’t judge myself.
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Looking hard for a drive in, searching for a corner cafe, where the hamburgers sizzle on an open grill night and day.
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All in all it was my intention to hold both the black and the white clientele by voicing the different kinds of songs in their customary tongues.
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A contract is an ask game, and if it asks for an hour, and I submit to an hour, then it’s an hour. When I look at a contract, I look at the obligation – where, when, how long, the compensation. If I agree to it, that’s the way it is. I have an obligation. They have an obligation.
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He could play the guitar just like ringing a bell.
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I would sing the blues if I had the blues.
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I’m a millionaire, but I cut the grass. And each time I cut it, it’s my grass. And that is satisfying.
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Everything I wrote about wasn’t about me, but about the people listening.
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Rock is rock, and, rock and roll, rock is just short for rock and roll.
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It’s gotta be rock and roll music, if you wanna dance with me.
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If the people in the audience are talking, you’re being ignored. If the people are gazing at you, you’ve got something they want to hear.
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Could you imagine the way I felt, I couldn’t unfasten her safety belt. All the way home I held a grudge, for the safety belt that wouldn’t budge.
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It’s amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest.
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I grew up thinking art was pictures until I got into music and found I was an artist and didn’t paint.
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